Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-01-04 | Page 7 | Purchase of Water Right Not Favored

PURCHASE OF WATER RIGHTS NOT FAVORED Parleys s 's con canyon on water rights which were rec recently offered to the city commission commission com com- ml mission b by Hoffman HoUman Brothers Brother Loan 8 Trust company compan and the Hubbard Investment Investment Invest Invest- ment mont company compan will not be purchased if it the city commission acts upon recommendations recommendations by the water department and th the c city t attorney The companies offered rights to about acres at an ann acre and informed the eft city that unless the rights wore were purchased they would demand that the elt city deliver Its ex exchange chango water from tile the Jordan conn canal at another point than the present point of delivery er Both Hoth the superintendent superintendent- of ot waterworks waterworks water water- works or s and the legal department advise tho the commission the they can see no peed need for purchasing the rights as the same amount of ot water can be bo procured on exchange change in n the future just as In tho ho past